The Times reports today that, Steve Bannon, said the press should “keep its mouth shut” because it did not “understand this country”.
That's real thought-provoking is it not? From several aspects! SO the most influential advisor to the Trump regime would have the press only report twee feel good stories that support Trump? Is that how a democracy works? Sounds a bit dictatorship to me when they start muffling the press? America believes, (quite rightly!) in free speech.. but now we are being told that the press shouldn't report what they want? Interesting!
I am told by American's that the press there isn't that free there as it is, much doesn't get reported, so I am told; what the public get to hear is decided by big corporations. That's bad enough but this seems to be saying that they shouldn't report anything that disagrees with Trump at all? Wouldn't that make it even harder for the citizens of America to know what's going on? Surely the populace have the right to hear both sides and that includes not hiding things from them? Perhaps it's just me but that seems wrong!
The ironic thing is that this story is about Trump's potentially getting revenge by not attending a press dinner, and get this, one of the purposes is to, "celebrate the first amendment [for free speech] and the role an independent press plays in a healthy republic.” snigger - ya gotta laugh!
My other thought was that it was interesting that Steve Bannon was saying that these American press men and women even don't seem to have the right to speak out and say what they want, cos they apparently don't know the country. Wow gee so now even Americans apparently don't know the country.. lol well it's no wonder us foreigners don't have a clue then :P Personally I thought it utterly ridiculous that he seemed to be saying Americans, who live there don't know the country? I could understand them saying foreigners don't but Americans???
“The media should be embarrassed and humiliated and keep its mouth shut and just listen for a while,” Mr. Bannon said in an interview on Wednesday.
“I want you to quote this,” Mr. Bannon added. “The media here is the opposition party. They don’t understand this country. They still do not understand why Donald Trump is the president of the United States.”
You obviously misunderstood my point.
The "political elite" are politicians who separate themselves from their constituents by living in Washington DC and state capitals, seldom going back to their districts other than to run for re-election.
Those "political elite" and the major media (ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, MSNBC, CNN, etc) surround themselves with "like thinking" people - and so are out of touch with what the majority of Americans feel. All they see are mirrors of their own opinions.
As to the Electoral College ... that was not an anomaly. That is how it is designed to work. If you read the writings of the Founders, you know they did not trust the average person. And they had good reason. The average person is too dumb and/or lazy to deserve the vote. That is why the majority of people will vote for their Party, no matter what ... or not vote at all. > Unfortunately, the Electoral College is controlled by the "Big Two" due to state laws. Thus, the "all or nothing" Electoral System in most states. Neither party is willing to change to a ratio system, because it would make it more difficult for them to keep out Third Parties.
And the majority of people didn't want Clinton, either. There is a big difference between majority of voters, and majority of eligible voters ... let alone majority of citizens. In fact, BOTH candidates had the lowest approval rating of any major party candidate in the last 100 years.
Stu Spelling Bee 